Nintedanib for Systemic Sclerosis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Author(s) -
Oliver Distler,
Kristin B. Highland,
Martina Gahlemann,
Arata Azuma,
Aryeh Fischer,
Maureen D. Mayes,
Ganesh Raghu,
Wiebke Sauter,
M Girard,
Margarida Alves,
Emmanuelle Clerisme-Beaty,
Susanne Stowasser,
Kay Tetzlaff,
Masataka Kuwana,
Toby M. Maher
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1903076
Subject(s) - nintedanib , interstitial lung disease , medicine , scleroderma (fungus) , lung , idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis , pathology , inoculation
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common manifestation of systemic sclerosis and a leading cause of systemic sclerosis-related death. Nintedanib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has been shown to have antifibrotic and antiinflammatory effects in preclinical models of systemic sclerosis and ILD.
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